While
white evangelicals overall are among the biggest backers of Trump's efforts to restrict and better screen refugees, prominent evangelical leaders and institutions have consistently championed compassion toward refugees.
Not exact matches
Though
white evangelicals have lower scores than Jews and atheists / agnostics
overall, they do significantly better on questions about the Bible.
White evangelicals indicated the most frustration toward the press, pollsters, and the Democratic Party, giving each a lower grade than their fellow Christians or American voters
overall did.
Meanwhile, more than a quarter of
white evangelical voters gave him a failing grade of a D or F. Trump's
overall campaign grade is the lowest among any presidential candidate — winning or losing — since Pew began collecting data in 1988.
The Pew Research Center has found that self - identified
white evangelicals were twice as likely as Americans
overall to support the policy (76 % vs. 38 %), which temporarily halts the refugee program and restricts entry from several Muslim - majority countries.
The only groups to rate
evangelicals positively were
white evangelicals, Protestants
overall, and black Protestants; both of the latter categories include a significant proportion of self - identified
evangelicals.
While public support for abortion remains at a 20 - year high (57 %, according to Pew Research Center), 70 percent of
white evangelicals and 40 percent of women
overall believe it should be illegal.
Concerned about the future of Obamacare, both
white evangelicals and Americans
overall ranked heath care as the No. 1 policy priority in last year's election.
Support for Trump among
white evangelicals tends to exacerbate the trends among Americans
overall, with regular churchgoers, men, and older demographics more likely to skew Republican.
45 % of
white evangelical Trump supporters are voting FOR Trump 51 % are voting AGAINST Clinton [Note: This matches the split among Trump supporters
overall.]
Since the mid-1980s,
white evangelical women have shifted more Republican than
white women
overall, a move that has solidified as it becomes harder for pro-life women to find a place in the Democratic Party.